Improved clothes-lists holder



waited (t-atea" @wat @wird Letters Patent No. 103,714, dated May 3l, 1870.

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The 8 ;1xedn1e referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same tric clothes-line holder secured to a block, ready for use, holding a rope.

A is the pivoted eccentric, having a common ser.

rated or toothed edge to take hold on the rope. The circumference of this eccentric runs toward the center, and, by this peculiarity, is adapted or graduated to hold an inch rope ora small line equally well. A rivet, a bolt, or a socket-hinge, may be used to piv- 'ot the eccentric to the movable slide.

B is a movable slide with horns or projections at lthe lowerend.

C C, the horns or projections, cast-solid with the slide.

'Ihese horns or *projections may vary in form, and are intended to provide a baseer rest, upon which the line can be-clam'ped by the pivoted eccentric.

The dotted lines show how the rope may be taken around'the horns in order that it can be stretched at a right :ingle from the holder.

D is the base, secured to a wooden block. It is cast solid, and may vary in form. The slot is intended as a socket to hold the movable slide, and may be shaped iu various ways.,

The rope is under the eccentric, and by pulling on it from the left to the right, it 'will'c'ause the eccentric to fasten ou it and hold it immovably. By pulling the opposite way it isreleased.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the holder removed from the base D.

The position of the eccentric A shows the vacant spacefor a full sized clothes-line.

The dotted lines show how its position may be changed and adapted to hold a fine twine.

My holder may be cast of any kind of metah'and of various sizes, and may be used for holding ropes and lines and straps "for various purposes.

I am aware that an eccentric is a common mechanical applianec, but the peculiar form which I use, combined with theniovahle slide and horns,`is new.

Claim..

I claim as my invention- The eccentric A, theniovable slide B, and the hornsl C C, all made, combined, and operated substantiallyl fitnesses JOHN TIERNAN, THOMAS GAVANAGH, 

